NetSuite to Business Central Migration
Move from NetSuite to Business Central without losing a record
Fixed-price migration from NetSuite to Business Central. Two reconciliation dry runs before cutover. A committed go-live date written in your Statement of Work before you sign.
Fixed-price migration
$65,000 to $110,000
Scoped before work starts
For 15 to 40 user environments. 3-year average saving against NetSuite total cost of ownership is $153,867 for a 25 user team, which is more than the migration fee itself.
Submit Your Brief, Call Within 48 Hours, Scoped Statement Of Work In 3 Days, Sprint 1 Begins Within 1 Week Of Sign-Off
16 weeks
Average go-live from signed Statement of Work
$0
Data loss or unplanned change orders
40%
Average annual licensing reduction
47
Completed Dynamics 365 migrations
Microsoft Solutions Partner
Fixed-price Statement of Work on every engagement
Two dry runs before cutover
Why companies switch
Six things that break when you stay on NetSuite too long
Toggle between life on NetSuite today and life on Business Central after migration. Same six business areas, two very different operating realities.
Cost risk
Platform fee that compounds every year
NetSuite charges a base platform fee of $999 to $3,000 per month before a single user logs in. That fee increases 8 to 10 percent at each renewal. By year three, you are paying for infrastructure you have already paid for twice.
Tech risk
SuiteScript breaks with every Oracle update
NetSuite customizations are built in SuiteScript, Oracle's proprietary environment. When Oracle pushes a platform update, SuiteScript breaks. Every fix is a billable consultant day. Business Central AL extensions survive automatic updates without code changes.
Productivity risk
No native Microsoft 365 integration
Your finance team uses Excel. Your operations team uses Teams. NetSuite requires third-party connectors for all of it. Each connector is a separate subscription, a separate vendor, and a separate point of failure in your operations stack.
Decision risk
SuiteAnalytics has a steep learning curve
Reporting in NetSuite requires SuiteAnalytics training. Building a margin-by-product-line report takes a trained consultant three hours. Your finance team cannot do this without help. Leadership decisions run on last week's data.
People risk
NetSuite staff are hard to hire and retain
NetSuite-certified consultants command a significant premium and are concentrated in a smaller talent pool. When your administrator leaves, recruiting a replacement takes months. Business Central sits on one of the largest Microsoft partner ecosystems in North America.
Strategic risk
Microsoft Copilot is not available in NetSuite
Microsoft Copilot is embedded across Business Central: draft email responses from Outlook, reconcile bank transactions with artificial intelligence, automate approval flows with Power Automate. NetSuite artificial intelligence tools are Oracle-specific and require separate implementation.
Cost resolved
No platform fee. Predictable per-user pricing.
Business Central has no base platform fee. Essentials is $70 per user per month. Premium is $100 per user per month. No mandatory annual increase. Microsoft New Commerce Experience pricing is predictable across multi-year planning horizons.
Tech resolved
AL extensions survive automatic Business Central updates
Microsoft pushes Business Central updates twice a year. AL extensions are designed to survive platform updates without modification. Zero consultant billables for routine update maintenance. Always on the latest version.
Productivity resolved
Microsoft 365 native. No connector required.
Full Business Central access is embedded in Outlook, Excel, and Teams. Approve purchase orders from your inbox. Edit item records from Excel. No middleware subscription, no additional vendor, no separate points of failure.
Decision resolved
Power BI at go-live. Intuitive for any user.
Live margin by product, customer, and channel in Power BI. Finance teams build their own dashboards without consultant help. Real-time dashboards deploy at go-live, not six months later. Leadership decisions run on today's data.
People resolved
2 to 3 days to productivity with a familiar Microsoft interface
Business Central's interface mirrors Microsoft 365, the system most users already work in daily. New staff are independently functional in 2 to 3 days. Microsoft's 6,500-plus partner ecosystem means support is never more than one call away.
Strategic resolved
Microsoft Copilot built in at no extra cost for Microsoft 365 subscribers
If your team is already in Microsoft 365, Copilot is already paid for. Bank reconciliation suggestions, drafted email responses, Power Automate workflow generation, and item description automation built into Business Central natively.
Data migration scope
What moves from NetSuite to Business Central
Every object is mapped in discovery week one. Nothing is a surprise at cutover. The scope below is confirmed in your Statement of Work before configuration begins.
Migrates fully
Remapped in discovery
Rebuilt in Business Central
Chart of accounts and cost centres
All accounts, segments, dimensions, and cost centres. Reconciled to NetSuite trial balance with zero variance required before cutover.
SuiteScript customizations and custom fields
SuiteScript does not migrate. Each customization is mapped to a native Business Central equivalent, an AL extension rebuild, or a process change. All paths priced in the Statement of Work.
Saved searches, reports, and SuiteFlow workflows
Top 10 operational reports rebuilt as Business Central pages and Power BI dashboards. SuiteFlow workflows rebuilt in the Business Central workflow engine or Power Automate.
Open accounts payable and accounts receivable
All open vendor bills, customer invoices, credit memos, and payment terms. Balances reconciled to the dollar against NetSuite aging reports.
Custom records
NetSuite custom records are mapped to Business Central table extensions or documented as data sets in week one. Fields, relationships, and validation rules re-scoped before configuration starts.
SuiteAnalytics and financial reports
All financial statement requirements documented in discovery and rebuilt using Power BI or the native Business Central report builder. Deployed at go-live on the committed date.
Item master and inventory balances
Complete item catalogue, current stock levels by location, costing method, and assembly structures. Verified against a physical count within 30 days of cutover.
Vendor and customer master records
All vendor and customer records, payment terms, price groups, shipping addresses, tax codes, and contact information.
Historical transaction records
Up to 5 years of posted transactions available in Business Central from go-live day one. Standard is 3 years. Extended is 5 years. All reconciled against NetSuite source before cutover.
The cost of staying
What staying on NetSuite costs your business right now
Based on 25 users. NetSuite platform fee plus per-user licensing plus 9 percent annual renewal increase. The gap to Business Central widens every month you wait.
Live NetSuite billing meter
Since you arrived on this page, your NetSuite contract has cost:
$0.0000
Based on $83,167 per year for 25 users at Year 3 NetSuite pricing
Annual contract progress73%
Amount billed so far$60,712
Current annual cost
$83,167
25 users, Year 3
Next renewal at 9%
$90,652
Plus $7,485 year over year
3-year total cost of ownership (25 users)
NetSuite Year 1$70,000
NetSuite Year 2 (plus 9%)$76,300
NetSuite Year 3 (plus 9%)$83,167
Business Central (all 3 years combined)$75,600
3-year total comparison (25 users)
NetSuite total
$229,467
versus
Business Central total
$75,600
Potential 3-year saving: $153,867
Estimates based on publicly available pricing as of 2026. Actual costs vary by contract terms, modules, and user count. Always compare total cost of ownership including implementation, support, and integrations.
Migration process
Four phases. One consultant. Fixed date at the end.
Every phase ends with a named deliverable in your Statement of Work. No phase advances without sign-off. NetSuite stays live until the final cutover weekend.
- Map your NetSuite environment: edition, custom records, SuiteScript inventory, data volume, years of history, third-party integrations
- Every SuiteScript and SuiteFlow workflow mapped to its Business Central outcome and priced before configuration starts
- NetSuite contract end date aligned with planned go-live date to avoid paying for both systems longer than necessary
- Fixed-price Statement of Work issued with go-live date written in section 3.2
NetSuite editionOneWorld
SuiteScript workflows12 scripts inventoried
Custom record types8 types mapped
Complexity ratingModerate
- Extract NetSuite data via the NetSuite application programming interface, clean and map to Business Central schema
- Configure Business Central to your processes, not a generic template. AL extension builds and SuiteScript re-maps run in parallel.
- Integrations re-scoped and rebuilt for the Business Central application programming interface layer. No connector debt carried forward.
- Power BI dashboards built and tested against production-equivalent data volumes, ready for go-live day one
Chart of accountsComplete
AL extensions (12 scripts)In progress
Power BI dashboardsQueued
Integration connectorsQueued
- Two full migration dry runs with reconciliation reports issued to your team. You sign off on the numbers before production is touched.
- If dry run 2 shows any discrepancy above 0.1 percent of total migrated value, a third dry run runs at Redefine's cost before production cutover.
- User acceptance testing uses your real business scenarios: purchase orders, invoicing, month-end close, inventory receipts.
- All defects resolved and retested. Go-live authorized in writing by your project sponsor before the cutover weekend.
General ledger trial balance variance$0 variance
Accounts receivable aging$0 variance
Inventory on-hand by location$0 variance
Dry run 1 statusSigned off
- Production cutover on the Statement of Work date. Consultant on-call through the go-live weekend.
- NetSuite contract cancellation timed to your go-live date. No double-pay period beyond what the assessment projects.
- 30-day hypercare period with service-level-agreement-backed response times. Same consultant. No handoff to a support team.
- NetSuite environment archived per your data retention policy. Business Central is your system of record from day one.
System statusLive production
Change orders$0
Data loss eventsZero
Hypercare period30 days from go-live
What you gain
Business Central advantages that show up on day one
40%
average annual licensing reduction for 25 to 50 user teams migrating from NetSuite to Business Central
$0
base platform fee. Business Central has no mandatory base fee charged before per-user licensing begins
16 weeks
average production go-live from signed Statement of Work for a 15 to 40 user NetSuite environment
Native Microsoft 365
Outlook, Teams, Excel, and SharePoint built in. No middleware subscription or additional vendor required.
8x
deeper consultant bench than the NetSuite ecosystem. 6,500-plus apps on Microsoft AppSource. Replacement support in days, not months.
30 days
hypercare included on every engagement. Service-level-agreement-backed response times. Same consultant from discovery through post-go-live support.
Migration readinessStart With A $4,500 Assessment
Are you ready to migrate? Work through this before you talk to anyone.
Tick every item you can confirm today. The gaps are what a $4,500 Migration Assessment resolves before you commit to a full Statement of Work.
Overall readiness0 of 8 confirmed
All items confirmed
Your environment shows strong migration readiness. Book a scoping call to confirm timeline and cost.
Data readiness
0 of 4
1
Chart of accounts is clean. No duplicate accounts, inactive accounts flagged, NetSuite segments mapped to Business Central dimensions.2
Open transactions are reconciled. Accounts payable and accounts receivable balances match your bank statements to the dollar.3
Item master is accurate. No duplicate items, inactive items flagged, costing method confirmed and consistent across locations.4
Inventory is physically counted. Last cycle count within 30 days of planned migration date. On-hand quantities match NetSuite records.Technical readiness
0 of 4
1
NetSuite edition is documented. You know your exact edition and which modules are active on your account.2
SuiteScript customizations are inventoried. You have a list of all SuiteScript scripts, SuiteFlow workflows, and custom forms.3
Custom records and fields are mapped. You have a list of all custom record types, fields, and their business owners.4
Integrations are documented. You know every system NetSuite sends or receives data from and whether the connector is native, third-party, or custom-built.Client result
From fragmented systems to $70 million annual revenue
Client
Half Price Drapes
Large-scale e-commerce retail, window coveringsThe challenge
The business operated across multiple sales channels with no unified visibility across inventory, orders, and financial performance. Manual processes dominated reporting. Existing systems could not support scale beyond a certain revenue threshold without significant consultant involvement.
The migration
Microsoft Dynamics 365 enterprise resource planning integrated with a custom e-commerce solution. Power BI deployed to centralize inventory, order, and customer data into real-time dashboards. Shopify platform upgraded from Version 1 to Version 2. Automated reporting replaced manual data consolidation across all channels.
Dynamics 365 enterprise resource planningPower BIShopify Version 2
The result
$0M
Annual revenue scaled to over $70 million. Integrated analytics improved operational efficiency and decision-making through real-time insights. Inventory management and customer experience improved across all sales channels. Optimized e-commerce platform improved conversion rates.
Native integration surface
Everything NetSuite required a connector for is native to Business Central
NetSuite integration relied on third-party middleware and additional subscriptions for every system connection. Business Central ships with native connectors for the platforms your team already uses inside Microsoft 365.
Native
Shopify
Bi-directional inventory, order, and pricing sync. The NetSuite SuiteCommerce connector required a separate subscription and broke twice yearly on average.
Native
Microsoft Teams
Approvals, customer lookups, and invoice actions directly inside Teams. NetSuite required a separate middleware subscription for every Microsoft 365 touchpoint.
Native
Power BI
Live dashboards embedded directly in Business Central. No export to Excel. Finance teams are self-sufficient from go-live Monday without SuiteAnalytics training.
Native
Microsoft 365
Outlook email tracking, Word templates, Excel data entry, and SharePoint document management built into every Business Central record. No additional licence.
Native
Dataverse
Customer and vendor records flow to Dynamics 365 Sales and Customer Service without custom integration. NetSuite required Oracle-to-Microsoft custom bridge builds.
Native
Power Automate
Approval routing, notification, and data sync automation without developer involvement. Replaces SuiteFlow workflows that broke on every Oracle update cycle.
Software as a service
Azure
Hosted on Azure with 99.9 percent uptime service-level agreement. SOC 2 Type II compliant. Microsoft-managed patching and disaster recovery. No on-premise server or Oracle infrastructure dependency.
Application Programming Interface
Open Application Programming Interface
OData and REST application programming interfaces for any third-party system not covered by a native connector. Full documentation on Microsoft Learn. 6,500-plus AppSource apps available.
Our commitments
Three commitments written into your contract before you sign
These are contract clauses, not marketing claims. Read them before you book a call. Every clause is in your Statement of Work in plain English.
Zero data loss. Or we run a third dry run at our cost.
Both dry run reconciliation reports must show zero variance against your NetSuite source data. If dry run 2 shows any discrepancy above 0.1 percent of total migrated value, a third dry run runs at Redefine's cost before production is touched. Your NetSuite data stays live the entire time.
In your Statement of Work
"If dry run 2 produces a trial balance variance exceeding 0.1 percent of total migrated value, Redefine Innovations shall perform a third dry run at no additional cost to Client prior to production cutover."
Fixed go-live date. 10 percent credit if we miss it.
The go-live date is written into section 3.2 of your Statement of Work before you sign. Not an estimate. Not a target. If we miss it due to causes within our control, you receive a 10 percent credit of the total Statement of Work value. We time your NetSuite contract cancellation to align with this date.
In your Statement of Work
"In the event Redefine Innovations fails to deliver a production-ready environment by this date due to causes within Redefine's control, Client shall receive a credit of 10 percent of the total Statement of Work value."
Fixed price. No change orders on discovered scope.
If we find a custom record or SuiteScript workflow during migration that was discussed in discovery but not explicitly documented, that is our problem. Not a change order. Only scope items not discussed in discovery at all require mutual written agreement.
In your Statement of Work
"No change orders shall be issued for scope items discussed during the discovery phase, whether or not they were explicitly documented in this Statement of Work."
Common questions
NetSuite to Business Central: questions answered
NetSuite to Business Central migrations average 16 weeks from a signed Statement of Work to production go-live for 15 to 40 user environments. Environments with heavy SuiteScript customization, many custom records, or multiple integrations typically run 18 to 22 weeks. The timeline is written into your Statement of Work at the end of the discovery phase. NetSuite stays live throughout until the final cutover weekend.
SuiteScript does not migrate to Business Central. In the discovery phase, every SuiteScript, SuiteFlow workflow, and custom form is inventoried and mapped to one of three outcomes: a native Business Central equivalent that makes the customization unnecessary; an AL extension rebuild; or a documented process change. All three paths are scoped and priced in the Statement of Work before you sign. Nothing is a change order in week twelve because a workflow was missed in discovery.
Yes. Standard migration includes 3 years of posted transaction history extracted via the NetSuite application programming interface and available in Business Central from go-live day one. Extended migration includes up to 5 years. All historical data is reconciled against the NetSuite source during the two dry run process. You confirm the numbers match before we proceed to production cutover.
NetSuite to Business Central migrations run from $65,000 to $110,000 fixed-scope for 15 to 40 user environments. Price varies by the number of custom records, SuiteScript complexity, years of history, and integration scope. All engagements are fixed-price with zero unplanned change orders. Microsoft licensing is separate. Business Central Essentials is $70 per user per month. Business Central Premium is $100 per user per month. No base platform fee. Start with a $4,500 Migration Assessment for a fixed quote before you commit.
The Migration Assessment maps your NetSuite contract end date in week one and structures the go-live date to align with it so you are not paying for both systems longer than necessary. If your renewal is in the next 90 days and a full migration is not possible in that window, we will tell you honestly what the options are: negotiate a short-term renewal extension, plan a post-renewal migration start, or explore early termination terms. We have navigated this with every NetSuite client we have worked with.
Honest fit check
When this migration is right, and when it is not
We turn away projects every quarter. If you are in the not-fit column below, a different path will serve you better. We will tell you which.
Good fit when
- You operate 15 to 100 users on NetSuite todayMid-market environments are where the Business Central total-cost-of-ownership advantage compounds fastest.
- Your NetSuite renewal is 4 to 12 months awayEnough runway to scope, configure, dry-run, and cut over before the next renewal escalator hits.
- Your team already lives in Microsoft 365Outlook, Teams, and Excel are the daily surface. Business Central removes the connectors NetSuite needed for any of it.
- You want a single accountable consultant from discovery through hypercareNo handoff between presales and delivery. The same person who scopes the work delivers it and supports the first 30 days post-go-live.
- You need Power BI and Microsoft Copilot at go-live, not in a future phaseDashboards and artificial intelligence assistance are part of Sprint 1, not a deferred enhancement.
Not a fit if
- Your renewal is in the next 60 daysA 16-week migration cannot complete before the renewal lands. We will help you renegotiate a short-term extension first.
- Your team is under 10 users and budget is under $40,000Below mid-market, the total-cost-of-ownership math thins out. A direct Business Central self-implementation may serve you better.
- You want SuiteScript ported line-for-line into ALWe do not replicate Oracle logic verbatim. Every customization is re-evaluated against native Business Central capability first; AL extension only when there is no native equivalent.
- You only want the data lifted, no process redesignData-only migrations exist, but they leave your team running NetSuite habits on Business Central. We scope process alignment in discovery; we do not skip it.
- You need a deeply manufacturing-heavy enterprise resource planningDiscrete manufacturing with complex shop-floor scheduling is better served by Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations, not Business Central. We will tell you on the scoping call.
Not sure where you land? Tell us your situation and we will be straight with you on the call.
Start your migration
Ready to move off NetSuite without losing a record?
Your assessment call takes 30 minutes. We will tell you if your NetSuite environment is ready, what the migration should cost, and how to time it against your contract renewal date.
- Fixed-price Statement of Work with a go-live date written inThe price you see in the proposal is the price you pay. Zero unplanned change orders across all NetSuite migrations in our portfolio.
- One consultant from assessment through 30-day hypercareThe person who scopes your migration delivers it and supports the first 30 days post-go-live. No handoff between presales and delivery.
- $4,500 Migration Assessment credits against your Statement of WorkGet a fixed quote, go-live date, and SuiteScript inventory before committing to a full engagement.
Your team's time investment across a full migration is typically 3 to 4 hours per week: one sprint review, asynchronous feedback on deliverables, two user acceptance testing sessions, and a final sign-off. We handle everything else.
47
Completed Dynamics 365 migrations
$0
Data loss or unplanned change orders across all engagements
16 weeks
Average go-live from signed Statement of Work
40%
Average licensing cost reduction switching from NetSuite
Submit your migration brief
Call within 48 hours, scoped proposal in 3 days, Sprint 1 begins within 1 week of sign-off.
Call within 48 hours · proposal in 3 days · Sprint 1 within 1 week of sign-off
Brief received
We will review your NetSuite environment notes and send a scoped Statement of Work proposal within 3 business days. If your renewal is in the next 90 days, we will call within 24 hours instead.
Response within 48 hours
Proposal in 3 days
47 completed migrations
You own all AL extension code